Where the Girls Are : Growing Up Female with the Mass Media (Paperback)

from DawnFinley

It's true that this book is certainly media-studies-lite, but there is something to be said for making a kind of feminist-informed analysis of media culture so accessible. I gave this to my mother, in the hopes it might shed a little light for her on what consciousness-raising can do; how success...

from howifeelaboutbooks

An interesting analyzation of girls shaped by the media and feminism, starting in the late '50s and early '60s and ending on the brink of the '90s. It's interesting to read overall, but a lot of the analysis seems, to me, blown out of proportion. Were the Beatles really popular because they were ...

from LibraryDiva76

An enjoyable, accessible gallop through territorty that should be familiar to anyone born between 1940 and 1980 (younger readers may scratch their heads at some of the references.) Will change the way you look at pop-culture phenomena as varied as the Rolling Stones, Charlie's Angels and Disney.

from KRaySaulis

Great book with a lot of history wound in with media. My only issue is that there were a few points where it felt she was reaching a little bit... Looking for meaning in areas where there may not have been meaning. Looking for interpretation where it may simply have been entertainment. However, h...

from Devil_llama

The author looks at the role of mass media in creating and nurturing feminist thought. She examines not just the news, but also the entertainment that was offered up to budding feminists throughout the middle of the 20th century. Looking at the way the media chose to play women against each other...